Ron's legendary podcast list

Podcasts are ten a penny, but which are worth your time? Here you find a list with my favourite shows. Have a look. And if I missed a good podcast, please send me an e-mail, so I can add it.

FOOD
The award winning show with Dan Pashman about the world of food: The Sporkful

Extreme salads, forgotten fruits, beer made of boar – a podcast about culinary curiosities: Gastropod

A show for wine lovers: Wine for Normal People


HISTORY
Hundreds of entries about lesser known historic happenings: Missed in History

Curious historic anecdotes with a good dose of finest British humour: Futility Closet

History told by people who experienced it themselves: NYPL’s Community Oral History Project


INTERVIEWS
The guy, who interviewed everyone, really everyone: Obama, Norah Jones, Robin Williams, Mel Brooks, Iggy Pop, James Franco… WTF Podcast

Interviews about unusual topics: Love + Radio

What’s going on in the head of a comedian? Comedian‘s Comedian


LITERATURE
The history of literature, from Homer to the poetics in Prince‘s songs: The History of Literature

Short stories by The Guardian: Guardian Short Stories Podcast

A show about classics, reviews and bestseller from Penguin: Vintage Books UK


MUSIC
Talks with bands, who explain and destruct their songs: Song Exploder

A podcast all about the black gold: Vinyl Stories


PHILOSOPHY
A podcast about the big questions in life: On Being  

Bruce Lee’s wisdom helps you in every situation: Bruce Lee Podcast

A podcast about the famous blog Brain Pickings: brainpicker  

How to lead a good life? Good Life Project


POP CULTURE
Secret and forgotten Hollywood stories: You Must Remember This

Wired’s weekly Podcast about everything from comics to Hollywood: The Monitor

Weekly small talk about films: Second Unit

Weekly show about bad films: How Did This Get Made


SCIENCE
Exciting facts about the internet: Reply All

Show about the weirdest Wikipedia articles: Ungenioused 

Dialogues with scientists, researchers and explorers: Resonator

Economy for dummies: Planet Money

How media shapes our view of the world: On The Media

Invisible forces (no, not ghosts but ideas, emotions etc.) that influence our actions: Invisibilia  

Show about all things that we ignore: 99% Invisible